Stan George Comedian

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A SMOKING HOT COMEDIAN AND ARTPAINTER
Do you remember those Candid Camera TV clips of a frizzy-haired, goofy guy who scared people silly, in a supermarket, emerging from a freezer, then made them laugh with belly-ache? That's Stan George - and contrary to the temperature in the ice-box back then, he's smoking hot! Stan, from Basel, Switzerland, is currently performing ,receiving standing ovations. For someone who states Hits age proudly - he's 60 - Stan's surprisingly young at heart. One can easily imagine him starting out. The Swissman was eager to become a showman after watching the House Variety artistes, "You know, the ones that performed matinees to old ladies and children." At 23 year's of age, armed only with his nerves, ("I'm always nervous," he admits. "It helps!") Stan went to his small, hometown circus and enquired if they needed a clown. "I was the stupid eccentric clown in the trio," he says. "The one that gets all the smacks." Although he never wore a red nose, he accentuated his large feet by wearing longer shoes, and exaggerated his tall figure and lanky arms, by purposely wearing jackets with short sleeves. The beginning of his stage Lok worked well, and after two seasons with the circus, he moved to perform in his first Theatre, the Clara Variety.

Later, he added the goofy teeth and excellent jazz music to create his world, something he continues to do today, "I've been building new ideas for nearly 40 years!" He tells me, "Often, it's when an accident or a mistake occurs on stage, I get an inspiration for a new, permanent idea." Although Mr George has an array of acts spanning out further than his dentures. Stan surprises me by offering some more personal info. "You know, it'spainting that I love. I've even had an exposition in Paris. Art, for me, is like applause." His father was a painter too; a house decorater. "I grew up with housepaint," smiles Stan, "and as we needed more money, my dad created a guitar act and worked at night. So yes, I guess you could say that there is some artistic blood in me." "I have five children and I've had four wives," he confesses, blaming the latter on the egoistic part of his artistic self, which is single-minded about performing and perfectionning his work. "I love long contracts best, where I can be onstage every night."

Stan has an incredibly vast professional experience. He has been a funny waiter at galas, he was a stunt-man (he proudly rolls up his right trouser leg to show me the scar proofs on his shin), he's done 6 years of Candid Camera, amidst his other famous TV shows, The Don't Do It Experience!, and 12 series of The Hally Gally SAT1 TV show. He's also written 3 years of children's shows for PREMIERE WORLD. Stan's done all this, but remains so totally 'pied-a-terre', it's humbling to be with him. Stan's act glorifies his mimicry of idiocy. Slapstick humour and the desire to be successfully ridiculous is Stan George in a nutshell. Audiences tend to favour his smoking dilemma - there comes a point when we can hardly see Stan for the cigarette mist - and others love his mime of the 'Figaro' opera piece. "You know that bit where I put the cigarettes in my mouth?" asks Stan. "Well, I really used to burn my tongue in the beginning, but you know, the show must go on.... " His facial _expression suggests how much that must have hurt. He has a way of telling his life-story as if he was still on stage, and I begin to giggle. Recovering, I ask him who's inspired his work as a comedian, he doesn't hesitate for a second, replying, 'just like that,' (excuse the pun), "Tommy Cooper." "My future ambitions are to work in America," says Stan. On a recent tour of the Caribbean, Stan made a huge success with the American clientele. "I just love the American public," he grins. "They all kept telling me that I am very NOW!!! "I have to go , but leaves only after revealing the wish for his ultimate achievement, that life would grant him the possibility of dying on stage, with the whole audience laughing loudly around him. Or how about just disappearing in a cloud of smoke?!

by Jacqueline Parade (La Plume de Parade) for CALLBACKNEWS Las Vegas